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Woman accused of embezzling thousands from employer

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Just two months into her employment as an accountant for Eagle Furniture, a Bowling Green woman is accused of embezzling money from the business over a nearly three-year time span. Susan Sutherland, 56, was charged Thursday afternoon with theft by unlawful taking of more than $10,000 but less than $1 million, according to her arrest citation….

13-year-old behind the wheel in fatal accident

(KPRC) A 13-year-old driver was behind the wheel when a man and his dog were struck by a vehicle at an apartment complex in west Houston, Texas Thursday according to police. Both the man and dog were killed. “Apparently, she pulled out and made a mistake and hit the gas instead of the brake and struck the gentleman that was…

Mobile IDs take hold

(NBC News) You can use your phone to ride the subway, buy things groceries, and now prove your identity. Mobile IDs are rolling out in ten states this year. Leading the charge is IDEMIA, the company that currently controls about 80 percent of drivers licenses. Biometric authentication ensures only you can access your ID, and there are special characteristics to…

Deadly day care fire highlights need for smoke detectors

(NBC News) Investigators say a lack of working smoke detectors probably cost lives in a recent Pennsylvania day care fire that left five children dead. Just one smoke detector was found in the attic. Safety experts say that’s simply not enough. “The best practice is to have one smoke detector in each bedroom, and also one on each level of…

Flying high at 103!

(KING) A 103-year-old Seattle woman may have set a new Guinness World Record for being the oldest female tandem skydiver. Kathryn “Kitty” Hodges jumped out of a plane 10,000 feet over Snohomish County on Thursday, strapped to an instructor with Skydive Snohomish. Their free-fall lasted about 30 seconds before a parachute burst open and the two glided into a field,…

Comics relief: “X-Men” collection to fund cancer treatment

(KPNX) Ever since he can remember, Robert Letscher has been enthralled with comic books. The 55-year-old turned his passion into an online career. “It’s how I paid for this house,” Letscher said while sitting in his Mesa, Arizona living room. Over the years, Letscher has bought and sold comics of all varieties and price points but always held onto one…

Israel reverses course, allows Tlaib to visit

(NBC News) Israel has reversed course, partially, after barring two United States congresswomen from visiting the country. On Wednesday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota would not be allowed to enter the country. The announcement came shortly after President Trump criticized the planned visit, tweeting Israel would show “great weakness”…

One of a kind: Callie the search & rescue dog

(WAVE) There’s only one search and rescue dog in the entire U.S. Department of Defense, and she lives in in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Air National Guard got the idea after seeing the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti a few years back. Whether she’s on a rescue mission searching through rubble, jumping out of a plane, or posing…

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. survives fiery plane crash

(NBC News) A plane carrying retired NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife Amy and their 1-year-old daughter Isla crashed while landing at an airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee Thursday. No serious injuries were reported. “I can tell you that and it ran off the end of the runway through a fence and on to State Route 91,” said Dexter Lunceford…